{"id":195260,"date":"2025-10-01T18:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/195260\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:02:21","slug":"summon-your-spookiest-halloween-health-care-haikus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/195260\/","title":{"rendered":"Summon Your Spookiest Halloween Health Care Haikus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Open_Call_2025.jpg\" alt=\"A drawing of a medical bill scaring a ghost and a ghoul. Text reads: Halloween Health Care Haiku! Enter now! 2025&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-2096127\"  \/>(Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Sharpen your quills, brave souls. The spirits of health care bills past, present, and future are calling \u2026 and they demand haikus. <\/p>\n<p>Submissions are now open for KFF Health News\u2019 seventh annual Halloween haiku competition. KFF Health News has been publishing reader-submitted health care haikus for years and is dying to read your frightful inspirations. <\/p>\n<p>We want your eeriest health care or health policy haiku. Submissions will be judged by a body of experts from our newsroom. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll share favorites on our social media channels, and our newsroom ghouls will pick the winners, announced on Friday, Oct. 31. So gather your courage (and your syllables) and haunt us with your best.<\/p>\n<p>Rules:<\/p>\n<p>Submit your haiku to <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-haiku\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-haiku\/<\/a> with the link to the related KFF Health News article.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KFFHealthNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KFF Health News<\/a> on Facebook, and follow <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KFFHealthNews\" rel=\"nofollow\">@KFFHealthNews<\/a> on X, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/kffhealthnews.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@kffhealthnews.bsky.social<\/a> on Bluesky, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kffhealthnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@KFFHealthNews<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>(Optional) Include your X, Bluesky, or Instagram handle in the submission and let us know if it\u2019s OK to give you a shoutout on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Submit your haiku by the witching hour, 11:59 p.m. ET, on Sunday, Oct. 19.<\/p>\n<p>To win, the haiku should meet the following criteria:Follow the format of a haiku (a three-line poem with 17 syllables, written in a 5\/7\/5 syllable count). <\/p>\n<p>Contain information related to health care and\/or health policy that follows the scary\/Halloween theme.<\/p>\n<p>Reference a KFF Health News story in the haiku \u2014 as a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>No use of artificial intelligence is allowed. Entries created or modified by AI will not be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions may be lightly edited for style and clarity before publication.<\/p>\n<p>Prizes:<\/p>\n<p>The top three haikus will rise again with a custom comic illustration drawn by staff illustrator Oona Zenda. The grand-prize winner will have their haiku featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/morning-briefing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KFF Health News Morning Briefing<\/a> on Oct. 31, and we will give you a shoutout \u2015 or hair-raising scream \u2015 on our social media pages, with the hashtag #HealthCareScare.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOona Zenda:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/halloween-health-care-haiku-contest-seventh-annual\/mailto:ozenda@kff.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ozenda@kff.org<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"category-tag-list__contact-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tContact Us\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a class=\"category-tag-list__tip-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubmit a Story Tip\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News) Sharpen your quills, brave souls. 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